Archives: Speakers

Alexander Hadden 2018 Speaker

Mr. Alexander Hadden is a Director with the Structured Finance & Insurance Department at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution. OPIC mobilizes private capital to help solve critical development challenges and in doing so, advances U.S. foreign policy. In his current role, Mr. Hadden originates and underwrites project finance,… Read more »

Rui Oliveira 2021 Speaker

Rui Oliveira

With a 3 year track record of USD $250 million of assets under management (AUM), he helped build BFA Asset Management (BFAAM) as the largest fixed income and money markets mutual funds business in Angola. Rui has over 10 years of experience in capital markets, specialized in structured products, credit and fixed income, capital raising,… Read more »

Dave Uduanu 2018 Speaker

Dave Uduanu is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sigma Pensions Limited. He currently serves as the Chair of the Africa Pension Funds Network (APFN) and is also a past Chairman of the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria. He previously worked with Ernst and Young in Lagos; was a Partner in a Lagos based Consulting and an Executive Director of an Insurance company in Nigeria. Dave was also a… Read more »

Shakir Merali 2018 Speaker

Shakir has over 20 Years of experience in Investing and growing businesses in multiple regions and sectors and he was one of the early pioneers in the East Africa Private Equity Space. His focus in the last seven years has been on Investing in and scaling mission based businesses to address the challenges created by… Read more »

Youcef Ghoula 2018 Speaker

Strategic executive with a demonstrated history of delivering business growth and transformation. Strength-based innovative leadership. Strong banking and financial background. 18 years of experience within BNP Paribas Algeria and one of its founders. Actually agreed by the Central Bank as a Deputy CEO of the bank. Certified as a financial markets professional by the AMF,… Read more »

Peter Heijen 2018 Speaker

After working in the financial industry for several years Peter became social entrepreneur and started an impact investment crowdfunding platform called Lendahand. Lendahand now runs crowdfunding platforms in Europe where impact-first investments (loans) in emerging can be made by both private investors and institutional investors. Currently Approx. EUR 2 million is funded each month via… Read more »

Dr. Isaac Junior Damptey 2018 Speaker

Dr. Isaac Junior Damptey is the Managing Director (C.E.O) of AXE Capital Advisors Limited, Chartered Financial and Investment Analyst, Chartered Merger and Acquisition Specialist, and a Chartered Wealth Manager. He had also worked as Senior Operations Analyst at United Pension Trustees Limited and has a wealth of experience in the finance/pensions/Investment industry. Dr. Isaac Junior… Read more »

Ufuoma Eghwerehe 2018 Speaker

Oikocredit is a worldwide cooperative that promotes sustainable development by providing loans, capital and capacity building support to microfinance institutions, cooperatives, fairtrade organisations, small to medium enterprises and renewable energy projects. As a social investor, Oikocredit’s works is guided by the principle of empowering people to improve livelihoods.

Alexander Sotiriou 2018 Speaker

Alexander Sotiriou leads CGAPs work on Financial Innovations for Development, which aims to understand how innovations in financial services can be used to address some of the most pressing challenges in development, including access to energy, water, and education. He joined CGAP from MicroVest, where he was the investment manager for Latin America and managed… Read more »

Greg Davis 2018 Speaker

Greg Davis joined Ecobank as Group Chief Financial Officer in October 2016. Greg has nearly 2 decades of banking and financial services experience and is an accomplished banking CFO. Prior to joining Ecobank He had a successful career with both Standard Bank and Barclays PLC, most recently holding the role of CFO for Standard Bank’s… Read more »